Books, Arts, and Culture

Book adaptations are such a tricky thing. For starters, the format is really important. There’s just no way to fit in as much detail in a...

The pages of comic books are filled with colorful heroes and villains. In comics, like in the real world, those heroes and villains are people with...

I first began reading manga in middle school when I discovered the InuYasha series at a Waldenbooks in the mall. (Oh, how I miss the days...

As the wife of an amazing chef, and as a person who loves reading and recommending books, people often assume that I’m great at picking out...

Every season I pour over the catalogs and galleys of new releases in translation and highlight some of the titles that I’m excited about for Book...

Women have played a crucial role in many groundbreaking discoveries over several decades of space exploration. From mathematicians whose calculations on the ground helped fuel some...

I’ve always heard of the importance of taking care of yourself, but it’s just within the last few years that I’ve really started to carve out...

Really, the trouble began in 2013. That was the year Penguin Classics published Morrissey’s Autobiography, a move that caused a ruckus among both fans of Morrissey and...